Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Non-English Ruth Manning-Sanders book covers

For your enjoyment (or perhaps mostly for my own), I have scoured the Internet for cover images of Ruth Manning-Sanders fairy tale books from non-English-speaking countries.

Das Buch von den Zwergen (Germany)
The title translates to "The Book of the Dwarves." This is the German version of A Book of Dwarfs. It was published in 1972 by Spectrum.

Das Buch von den Riesen (Germany)
The title translates to "The Book of the Giants." This is the German version of A Book of Giants. It was published in 1974 by Spectrum.

Das Buch von den Riesen und Zwergen (Germany)
The title translates to "The Book of the Giants and Dwarves." I would suppose that it's a combined volume of the two aforementioned volumes. It was published in 1974 by Spectrum.

Märchen und Sagen aus aller Welt (Germany)
The title translates to "Fairy Tales and Legends from Around the World." This is the German version of Folk and Fairy Tales. It was published in 1982 by Pabel-Moewig. It retained the original Robin Jacques illustrations.

Storie di draghi (Italy)
The title translates to "Stories of dragons." This is the Italian version of A Book of Dragons. It was published in 2003 by Nuove Edizioni Romane.

Storie di draghi (Italy)
The title translates to "Stories of witches." This is the Italian version of A Book of Witches. It was published in 2002 by Nuove Edizioni Romane.

A Book of Princes and Princesses (Japan)
This is the Japanese version of A Book of Princes and Princesses. It was published in 2004 as part of a reprint series whose title translates to "Folklore Museum of the World."

A Book of Devils and Demons (Japan)
This is the Japanese version of A Book of Devils and Demons. It was published in 2004. It certainly seems that those illustrations are by Robin Jacques; it might be that they have been modified from their original usage to create new cover artwork.

A Book of Dwarfs (Japan)
This is the Japanese version of A Book of Dwarfs. It was published in 2004.

I MIGHT BE IN LOVE WITH THIS COVER.

(Sadly, it appears that used copies cost about 12,177 Japanese Yen, which is about $120 in American dollars.)

A Book of Monsters (Japan)
This is the Japanese version of A Book of Monsters. It was published in 2004. I might like this cover even more than the English-language cover. It's a close call.

Here are links to more of the Japanese editions of Manning-Sanders' books. It appears that they are big fans of her work! It would be nice if we could get some English-language reprint editions of her books, to make them more accessible and affordable for today's young readers.

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